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Different flow to new days…

Filed Under Babbling, Homelife, Music, School, The history of me 

Yesterday and today have been different sort of days from the past seven years.

Each and every day over the past seven years, I’ve woken up and thought about what class I’ve got this week, next week, coming up this semester or the one about to start. I’ve worried about grades, sat in front of my computer checking for e-mails for class projects, or just stared at a blank Word document, working on parts of a paper in my mind and letting it slowly write itself.

The truth is, now that school is all done? I don’t know what I really have to do, honestly.

The future is something that will scare me a little bit because I’m not walking out and into a job. I’m still working on that end and finishing off the retooling of my resume, but seeing I wouldn’t be able to interview for anything until after August 19th when we’re moved into our new place and hopefully somewhat setup, well, I’ve got to schedule things up till then.

Its different, that’s for sure. And knowing how much things will change, much more than I initially expected or posted about in the past. I still haven’t taken the time to really post about the true changes now, seeing that master plan changed, but I don’t even feel ready for it yet. I think I might do that shortly after I take to the stage a final time in Orlando.

And that alone is scary for me. On July 25th, I’ll be returning to an Orlando stage for my “Farewell Show.” I know that I’ve had almost more of these suckers than KISS and The Rolling Stones combined, but even still, knowing that this isn’t something where I’m heading back to my apartment and talking to the same musical friends across town gives this one a different sort of weight.

With that weight, I’ve got an interesting night planned at Natura. Starting at 8pm, I’ve got a veritable pantheon of my musical friends all sharing a stage with me for one last time. Sure, I couldn’t get Mike Brooks or Gina Riggio or Harry Ticer or Lorn Miller or Rob Somers to be back up there with me, but other than the big names that people remember seeing with me, the only obvious other ones will be beside me that night as I truck through some of the best things I’ve written and some covers that I’ll butcher. And covers there will be.

Matter of fact, head over to my music page if you’ll be heading to the show and feel free to request anything from my back catalog. Don’t forget that they’re all free downloads, just sign up for an account. And if your prior account that you’ve signed up for doesn’t work? Let me know.

If you remember me playing it and its not there? Again, go ahead and request it. I’m trying to make sure I play all that my friends want to hear (and some they probably don’t too) just to make sure that I feel like I “vindicate” myself in the end of it all. Covers too. I don’t care, I want to do what I’ve always intended on doing: walking up to that stage, playing my heart out, and seeing someone smiling and nodding along. And that’s why this last show is going to have so many requests.

This time, it will be the last time.

Natura Coffee and Tea, Orlando, FL
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Starts at 8pm, goes till we’re done and my fingers are bleeding
No cover, tips are always welcome (including “get a haircut” and “get a job”, but money preferred)

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One Response to “Different flow to new days…”

  1. Shaynon on July 11th, 2008 8:23 pm

    via the beginning of the Howie Day “Stop All The World Now” dvd…

    “When you are growing up, you are always anxious to get away from your home town, travel and see the world…

    It’s not until you do, that you realize how special the place you couldn’t wait to get away from actually is.”

    It reminded me of you….

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